Gallup 2017 Global Emotions Report

Did you know 70% of human behavior is based on emotions -- not reason?

While measurements like unemployment and GDP help quantify certain aspects of a society's health, virtually no macro-level data exist on the emotional state of a country.

Until now.

This report, in its third year, offers global leaders, economists and political scientists' insights into people's feelings and behaviors, telling them more about their society's health and future than traditional economic measures can alone.

For the

5th

time, Iraq tops the negative experience list.

Greeks -- at

67%

-- were the most stressed in the world.

More than

70%

of people worldwide smiled, experienced a lot of enjoyment or laughed a lot yesterday.

Measuring life's intangibles -- feelings and emotions -- gives leaders a picture of well-being in their country and quantifies "what makes a life worth living".

The Gallup 2017 Global Emotions Report presents the results from Gallup's latest measurements of people's positive and negative daily experiences based on nearly 149,000 interviews with adults in 142 countries in 2016. Find out more about what the world is experiencing.